USA Today – Jun 25 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| “-ite” minerals |
ORES |
| “Happy Motoring” sloganeer of yore |
ESSO |
| “That’ll be the day!” |
IBET |
| “What did I tell you?” |
SEE |
| “___ Madness” (1936 antidrug movie) |
REEFER |
| Absorbs, with “up” |
SOPS |
| Allow to slip by |
MISS |
| Apparatus with a wetsuit |
SCUBA |
| Arachnidlike marine creature |
SEASPIDER |
| Banded gemstone |
AGATE |
| Body designs, for short |
TATS |
| Bouquet-delivering co |
FTD |
| Canary Islands port |
LASPALMAS |
| Carrier to Ben Gurion |
ELAL |
| Champagne cork sound |
POP |
| Chick’s cry |
PEEP |
| Clear up, as a windshield |
DEFOG |
| Cloudless sky’s hue |
AZURE |
| Come afterward |
ENSUE |
| Composer’s masterwork |
OPUS |
| Cousin of the weasel and ferret |
STOAT |
| Disney’s Darby |
OGILL |
| Dresser part |
DRAWER |
| Economical way to transport fuel |
GASPIPELINE |
| Emergency call |
SOS |
| Emma Stone movie |
EASYA |
| Face-plant sound |
THUD |
| Factory reject abbr |
IRR |
| Fancy necktie |
ASCOT |
| Fashion anew |
RECAST |
| Female’s personal ad abbr |
DWF |
| Feudal drudge |
SERF |
| Fields of study |
AREAS |
| Go one better than |
SURPASS |
| Grand ___ (wine bottle words) |
CRU |
| Hall of Fame catcher Carlton |
FISK |
| Hurler’s stat |
ERA |
| Ice cream parlor treat |
BANANASPLIT |
| In no peril |
SAFE |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Japanese maker of keyboard instruments |
KAWAI |
| Leo and Libra, e.g |
SIGNS |
| Like Rushdie’s verses |
SATANIC |
| Lilting syllables |
TRALALA |
| Make rhapsodic |
ELATE |
| Maker of Duplo blocks |
LEGO |
| Melville’s “Billy ___, Sailor” |
BUDD |
| Olive size |
LARGE |
| Org. chart level |
TIER |
| PGA part |
ASSN |
| Potato protuberances |
EYES |
| Prefix with natal or classical |
NEO |
| Prepare to drive |
TEEUP |
| Pudding from the cassava root |
TAPIOCA |
| Ready alternative? |
NOT |
| Rene of “Tin Cup” |
RUSSO |
| Rico ___ (“Miami Vice” role) |
TUBBS |
| Shire of “The Godfather” movies |
TALIA |
| Shrub in the rose family |
SPIREA |
| Sitar selection |
RAGA |
| Skin cream ingredient |
ALOE |
| Snake hiding in 20- and 61-Across and 10- and 33-Down |
ASP |
| Space aliens (Abbr.) |
ETS |
| Special Forces firearm |
UZI |
| Speedy cat |
PUMA |
| Surrealist Jean |
ARP |
| Suspicious |
FISHY |
| Tears apart |
RENDS |
| Tire imprint |
TREAD |
| Tissue layer |
PLY |
| Totally suitable |
IDEAL |
| Trident-shaped Greek letters |
PSIS |
| Tuskegee ___ of WWII |
AIRMEN |
| Unabridged dictionaries, e.g |
TOMES |
| Use a coffeemaker |
BREW |
| Walter who managed the Dodgers for 23 years |
ALSTON |
| Work at a copy desk |
EDIT |
| ___ Ste. Marie, Mich |
SAULT |
| ___ toast (soup go-with) |
MELBA |
